
Larry Billman
Larry Billman began his life as a musical performer on stage (Hollywood, Broadway, Las Vegas), TV and film, but his writing skills soon led him to Disney live entertainment. From 1969 to the present, he has written, directed and/or produced hundreds of live shows at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, as well as creating touring shows for the Disney Company. As creative director, he opened 7 non-Disney theme parks in Japan but returned as Creative Director for the creation of Tokyo DisneySea in 2001. He also has directed 6 editions of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and for the legitimate theater in the U.S., Germany and Japan. Author of Film Choreographers and Dance Directors (McFarland) and two Bio-Bibliographies for Greenwood Press about Fred Astaire and Betty Grable. In 1998, he founded the Academy of Dance in Film, a non-profit foundation dedicated to honor the art of film dance and choreography and has been an Associate Professor at Cal State Long Beach, USC and other universities in California on the subject. He recently did the audio commentary for "Top Hat" in the newly released WB "Astaire and Rogers" DVD set.
Known For
Credits
- 2007 · Making the Team: The Talent of 'Pigskin Parade' as Self
- 2006 · Busby Berkeley's Kaleidoscopic Eyes as
- 2006 · (buz'be bur'kle) n. A Study in Style as Self
- 2006 · Gold Diggers: FDR'S New Deal... Broadway Bound as Self
- 2006 · 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage as Self
- 2006 · Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades as
- 2005 · They Can't Take That Away from Me: The Music of 'Shall We Dance' as Himself
- 2005 · The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step as Himself
- 2005 · Reunited at MGM: Astaire and Rogers Together Again as Self
- 1993 · Intimate Portrait as Self
- 1969 · Ann-Margret: From Hollywood with Love as Singer (uncredited)
- 1969 · Sweet Charity as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1968 · Live a Little, Love a Little as Dream Sequence Dancer (uncredited)
- 1968 · Carnival Nights as Dancer (uncredited)
- 1967 · Kismet as Singer
- 1964 · The Americanization of Emily as Sailor (uncredited)